An OSHA investigation into the causes of tower deaths revealed that many of these incidents occur in the following ways: transitioning from a safety climb on a tower, traversing around the tower, or ascending the tower. These actions present a similar mistake that is seen when men and women do
Click for more →1926.759(a) Securing loose items aloft. All materials, equipment, and tools, which are not in use while aloft, shall be secured against accidental displacement. 1926.759(b) Protection from falling objects other than materials being hoisted. The controlling contractor shall bar other construction processes below steel erection unless overhead protection for the employees below is
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Twas The Night Before Christmas By Kathy Gill/Tower Safety & Instruction All through the school not a carabiner was clicking Everything in order, not a thing was missing The ropes were hung by the tower with care In the hopes the men would go up safely in the air The
Click for more →A Day Before Christmas By Kathy Gill/Tower Safety & Instruction All through the school not a carabiner was clicking Everything in order not a thing was missing The ropes were hung by the tower with care In the hopes the men would go up safely in the air The students
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Telecom Technical College Supports Southwest Veteran’s Foundation at Patriots Ball On Saturday, November 4th, Telecom Technical College had the honor of attending the 3rd Annual Patriots Ball, hosted by the Southwest Veterans Chamber of Commerce and the Southwest Veterans Foundation. The event recognized and celebrated the many contributions of businesses
Click for more →Telecom Technical College: Compassionate Education for Everyone We’ve highlighted our involvement with several Arizona prisons in the past, and how we’re working with the Department of Corrections and DES and other officials to help ex-convicts get an education once they’re released. We feel this is very important work as part of our
Click for more →TelTech College Featured in “Inside Towers” TelTech College’s founder Kathy Gill was recently featured in Inside Towers. The article, “Prison Outreach: From ‘Vet’ to ‘Con’ to Tower Dawg” talks about TelTech’s involvement in helping to turn around the life of one man and how education made all the difference. Kathy recently
Click for more →Wireless Safety Standards-OSHA, ANSI, TIA, NWSA: A thousand ways to create a thousand standards. It’s important for tower climbers to follow safety standards, regulations and rulings to stay safe. The wireless industry is consistently creating rules and regulations, but are we creating too many? As the training Director
Click for more →At Tower Safety we recognize the standards and the ability to provide safety and compliance training courses in another language, Spanish. We have partnered with Tower Safety & Instruction (https://towersafety.com) to provide courses taught entirely in Spanish. Our Spanish courses are taught entirely in Spanish- every activity, narration, video and
Click for more →Telecom Technical College Works With Department of Corrections and DES Telecom Technical College works closely with an amazing team consisting of Department of Corrections(DOC), Dept. of Economic Security (DES) and state agencies that allow us to help inmates get into the wireless industry. On July 19th, the Tucson, AZ prison was holding
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The Bahamas Needs our Wireless Family Help! A training trip to an island of pristine blue waters, Atlantis Tourist Attraction and Cruise Ships destinations lead to a learning lesson for the trainer. These small, but brave group of tower riggers are needing our help with gear and our Tower Family
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Everyone should be 100% tied off, but what if you are about to perform an arc weld with temperatures from 5,000 to 20,000 degrees at 100 feet high and 110 degrees outside? Welding on towers is not a job that can be learned in a couple of weeks and it
Click for more →As the owner of a tower safety company, I am always wanting to look out for favorite person: my customer! They are the student, the contractor, and corporations. Tower Safety strives to enforce crucial safety behavior, but can only do so much without the help of everyone involved. Safety has
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